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half-conscious

British  

adjective

  1. only partially alert and awake

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In revisions, you add subtleties that underpin what you set down in that half-conscious state.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

I have Non-Epileptic Attack Syndrome, a condition which causes me to have partial seizures, leaving me unable to walk and half-conscious, although I can still respond up to a point.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2017

Surrounded by friends and family in the intensive-care unit, half-conscious, Jenkins rallied.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2017

Our opinions often flow from our half-conscious assumptions.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2015

I couldn’t write the usual about him, at least in that automatic, half-conscious way.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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